nuza is a lightning-fast, privacy-first, and fully open-source alternative to Obsidian. Built natively with Tauri and React, it delivers a deeply integrated desktop experience that stays out of your way.
Featuring a beautifully minimalist UI, native Vim keybindings out of the box, and a strictly local file-system approach, nuza is designed for developers and writers who demand absolute control over their notes without the bloat. Its optional AI panel, off until you turn it on, uses an agent already on your computer (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode or your own) on your own plan: nuza has no server and no account, the agent sees only what nuza sends it, and on macOS and Linux it is fenced off from your files. See AI in nuza.
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Clone the repository and navigate into the project directory.
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Install dependencies:
bun install
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Run the development server:
bun run tauri dev
To build the native application for your operating system:
bun run tauri buildIf you're interested in contributing to nuza, please read our contributing docs before submitting a pull request.
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.